Afscme Local 997

05/08/2026

See you tonight for bowling!

Local 997 Bowling Night Tonight -

04/28/2026

All nominations were uncontested so were elected by acclamation. Join us for bowling at King Pin Lanes on 5/8/26 5:30-7:30pm! If Other Duties As Assigned fall reasonably within your class specs (not part of another one) that's fine. IDOR employees are required to file & pay taxes on time. The Haymarket Festival is 5/1/26 5-7pm at Duncan Park! Registration info & recordings of retirement webinars is on the SRS website. Read Council 31’s message about misleading mailers.
TGL Issue 105 -

04/22/2026

During the Quarterly Membership Meeting on 04/21/2026, we had nominations for President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Three At-Large Positions and the Trustee with term ending in 2029. All of our nominations were uncontested so they were elected by acclamation!

Say hello to your new Local 997 Executive Board!

President: Tiffany Euler Simpson

Vice-President: Chris Haury

Secretary: Misty Bonnette

Treasurer: Jim Robson

At-Large: Jon Humke

At-Large: Jill Krippel

At-Large: Joseph Cabell

Trustee term ending 2029: Charles Hulett

04/21/2026

Our hybrid membership meeting is this evening on Zoom and in person at our office at 615 S 5th St! Please join us from 5:30pm to 6:30pm to ask any questions you may have. Nominations will take place from 5:45pm to 6pm, with the PSP informational workshop at 6pm.

Hybrid Membership Meeting 4-21-26 Featuring Nominations and PSP Workshop -

04/16/2026

Join us for bowling on Friday, May 8th from 5:30-7:30pm at King Pin Lanes. We have the whole place rented out again! Bowling, Shoes, Food, and Soda will be provided at no cost to our members and their families. If you haven't RSVP'd yet, please do so within the next 2 weeks so we can get a headcount for food: https://tinyurl.com/mbscchu6

Let's Go Bowling with Local 997 - https://mailchi.mp/0cdd5528b7eb/bowling-2026

AFSCME Local 997 would like to invite members and their families to join us for bowling on Friday, May 8th from 5:30-7:30pm at King Pin Lanes. We have the whole place rented out again! Bowling, Shoes, Food, and Soda will be provided at no cost to our members and their families. Please RSVP by Thursd...

04/14/2026

Join us at the union office or virtually as we update you about our Local. Nominations will be accepted from 5:45 PM - 6:00 PM during this meeting, with a PSP workshop at 6pm. To sign up to receive the Zoom link for our membership meeting next week, click the link to this email and then click the Subscribe button on the top left. There are multiple email subscription options, so make sure to mark Membership Meetings as one of your choices.

2nd Quarter 2026 Membership Meeting -

04/12/2026

Provide an AFSCME welcome to the lawmakers attending the ISU Redbird Legislative Reception at the Abraham Lincoln Doubletree (701 E Adams in Springfield) on Tuesday, April 14th, 5:30-6:30pm. Members of AFSCME Local 1110 at ISU are on strike for a living wage. Show up to hand out leaflets at the entrances asking lawmakers to support the striking workers by helping them get a fair contract to end the strike.

04/03/2026

04/01/2026

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01/13/2026

Join us at the union office or virtually as we update you about our Local. To sign up to receive the Zoom link for our membership meeting next week, click the link to this email and then click the Subscribe button on the top left. There are multiple email subscription options, so make sure to mark Membership Meetings as one of your choices.

1st Quarter 2026 Membership Meeting -

12/26/2025

Dues are going up $0.75 per paycheck in January. Make sure your dues amount on your paystub today is $33.84. Bring donations for Local 1019's winter drive to the hybrid quarterly membership meeting. We give a lot of info about PSP and need your input to host a PSP workshop next year. The inclement weather number is 888-436-7911. Tell Property Management about building issues. If you volunteer with an organization that could use more hands, tell us!

The Green Light Issue 101 -